Yeh that's true Ollie.Quote:
Originally Posted by the ollie and the ivy
Sigh, I give up tbh :ilt:
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Yeh that's true Ollie.Quote:
Originally Posted by the ollie and the ivy
Sigh, I give up tbh :ilt:
Too bad every single side in the league has lost this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by the ollie and the ivy
You would have had a cracking point.
The board are having the last laugh. You can asset strip as flagrantly as you like, as long as you replace with an "Arsenal fan". Everybody turns a blind eye then.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Worst right back in the league bar none.
So apperently Pardew thinks the ref was giving Arsenal to much and that he was the reason that things didnt went their way, which ended up with 3 points for Arsenal.... :doh:
He should shut his mouth and be happy that we werent sharper and pray to the corrupt ref-god and say thx for letting tiote stay on the field.
As pubby as they get but i have to say it was an impressive "champions like" win. Newcastle were on fire and had beaten some big teams as well as Spurs so we've done well. Our organisation and tactical play starved them of any real chances and apart from a couple of Ben Afri efforts, we managed to contain them.
Well done lads.
This game & the lack of opportunities created in recent games only proves that we have lost the confidence that the team had going into the Man Utd game. Another quality buy in Jan is a must, we need a quality striker & it will give the team another Ozil like lift. We can see the negativity that Wumger is bringing on this team rather than have confidence in your team to go & get a 2nd goal to put the game to bed. Did we ever use take Wrighty or Titi off when we went 1-0 up. If your going to take a forward off in a game like yesterdays, take off Giroud & leave Walcott up top against tired legs. Bringing on Bentdner is the same as having a tired Giroud on the pitch.
Wonderful for this team to be top going into the New Year but Wumger needs to want to kill off teams like City are doing rather than start defending 1-0 leads by going 5 at the back.
Before the game I thought a point was a bad result so I am delighted we got all 3 without being at our best (which we haven't been at for some time anyway). I get that Newcastle have beaten a few sides but I think that whether a result is good or not is more dependent on the need to get a certain result, imo.
Anything but a win meant not being top(which is the ultimate aim at any given point) so for me, it was almost always going to be bad to draw on that alone. You could see towards the end of the game. I have seldom seen a player more desperate to win than I did in Rosicky's eyes at the end. I was truly proud and impressed by his attitude. He could see the ball continually coming back to our end so he made sure he closed down their back 4 and goalkeeper, almost on his own as Giroud couldn't be arsed by that point. He almost had to drag Giroud with him by the shirt to help him. I think that was the main reason Giroud went off in the end. Not so much because he was no longer a threat but because he had lost the legs to defend from the front.
Jenkinson's moment of madness was astonishing and he really should be pulled aside for it behind the scenes, although I am reluctant to hammer him as it wasn't costly. Neither was the Pole in the goal's attempt at knocking out the opposition striker by firing it as hard as he could at his head fortunately. It is becoming a rather effective tactic. Remy didn't know whether he was still in the French league or in the playground at school in a game of no consequence after he got up.
Obviously Pardew and a few of his lot are desperate to beat us. His goalkeeper Krul came out of his area twice like it was the world cup final to try and stick it to us. Amazing stuff......really should have made him pay for it.....but see above!
Giroud has rightly been credited for most of what he has done to this point in the season and I am really glad the crowd at games really get behind him which is wonderfully vocal from tv 99% of the time...... That is in spite of most probably feeling we need better options than him. Nothing will be going his way and in the background all you can hear is 'Commme onnn Girooooouuuuudd'. We get a lot a stick at times but we should be credited for that.
He has been very effective but I would argue we have been top in spite of our lack of options in forward positions rather than because of them. The second half the season is likely to be trickier than the first. Traditionally United finish well and ironically so do David Moyes teams. They have been languishing in mid table/bottom half before coming back to finish 5th before and you can barely see where City will drop a point. We really need to have the mentality of not slipping up anywhere and if it is to be this tight, the edge that a top froward would bring is crucial.
Mertesacker was immense too. UP the ARSENAL!!! :d
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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Rosicky is just pure class. He gives everything when defending and is so smart with his ball distribution. Jack, Ramsey and all the young players should be look to emulate his style of play. He knows his options before he receives a pass, hustles hard to receive the ball or to win it back and is always on his toes. Turns defence into attack with a quick turn.
It will be trickier from here on and Wenger needs to keep an eye on the way his subs change a game. After that game, you can understand why Wenger didn't make a change against Chelsea. Taking off Theo just flipped the game on its head and invited pressure. They'd never have pushed that far forward if he was on. They'd have been punished if they were that foolish. Besides reinforcements, we need to get that right. Almost had a meltdown in the last 10 mins of that game. But it's encouraging to see we can hold on to 1-0 leads. We need to keep it up but we should be able to defend with the ball and just kill the game by holding possession.
Not been one of Rosicky's biggest fans since he joined the club (because of his injuries) but one thing he does constantly is give his best. I completely agree that he was immense in the last few minutes closing down Newcastle in their own half in the last few minutes. It was absolute madness for Vinegar to take off Theo and not Giroud!
Oh well, we ended up winning, so :scarf: